Where does “baumlang” come from?

baumlang (German) comes from German lang, from Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

baumlang (German): tall or lanky

Definitions

  1. tall or lanky

Ancestry of “baumlang”, step by step

baumlang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlanglong; lengthy; tall; many
2Middle High Germanlanc—
3Old High Germanlanglong
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →